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On Some Philosophical Aspects of the Background to Georg Cantor’s theory of sets

Christian Tapp
p. 157-173

Abstracts

Georg Cantor sought secure foundations for his set theory. This article presents an account of Cantor’s differentiations concerning the notion of infinity and a tentative historical parsepctive on his notion of set.

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Author’s notes

I am indebted to Joseph W. Dauben for his helpful advise. — Comments to the author are welcome.

References

Bibliographical reference

Christian Tapp, On Some Philosophical Aspects of the Background to Georg Cantor’s theory of setsPhilosophia Scientiæ, CS 5 | 2005, 157-173.

Electronic reference

Christian Tapp, On Some Philosophical Aspects of the Background to Georg Cantor’s theory of setsPhilosophia Scientiæ [Online], CS 5 | 2005, Online since 01 August 2008, connection on 16 April 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/philosophiascientiae.386

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Christian Tapp

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